A Sudbury, Ont. professor plans to add her name to the list of claimants in what has been called the largest-ever LGBTQ class action settlement in the world.

In a landmark Federal Court decision this week, a judge ruled that Canadians who were persecuted or fired due to their sexual orientation while in the Canadian Forces, RCMP and federal civil service between 1955 and 1996 are entitled to compensation.

Depending on the number of people who come forward — and the nature of the individual claims — total compensation could run between $85 million and $145 million.

Laurentian University professor Lynne Gouliquer plans to add her name to the list.

“I spent almost 16 years in the Canadian military,” she told CBC News on Tuesday.

“They would ask you horrible questions about the sexual that you would get into with your partner. They would try to get you divulge on other people. They would say, ‘well, we know you’re lesbian, we know you’re gay, we know you’re a pervert — now tell us who else is.'”

University of New Brunswick professor Carmen Poulin worked closely with Gouliquer in the joint research. She said all too often, being outed as gay or lesbian in the military and then discharged with a stained service record was too much for people to bear.